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I've been off of working on Storm Season the last three days or so, which isn't good. I'm trying to get it AND all the post-SS one-shots finished by the end of the month. But I'm having a HELL of a time concentrating on it right now, I kind of just want to write the one-shots instead, which is a problem because they, obviously, take place AFTER Storm Season, so I don't want to write them and then have to edit the shit out of them when they don't line up with SS "canon", you know? But it's what my brain wants to write right now, and it IS part of what I want to get done by the end of the month, so...???

Right now I have When Lightning Strikes, Ghost In The Machine and Pinfeathers open to work on along with Storm Season, since they're the first three of the post-SS one-shots so it makes logical sense that I would work on them first, right? But I also REALLY want to work on Halcyon Days and Stalagmites, which are the LAST two, so like idek brain what are you doing to me, here?

I'm also tinkering with Where Monsters Come From, which I STRUGGLED with for the longest time and now, FINALLY, am having some luck at writing some scenes?? NOW?? WHEN IT IS THE LITERAL WORST TIME?? I have no idea, really, I just think my brain is trying to kill me or drive itself more insane or something.

On a side note, I really do think I need an increase in my ADHD meds, they're not working nearly as well as they did in the beginning, and that's the thing with me and medications; my body adjusts to them really easily, so I start off fine but then my body adjusts and my dosage has to be upped and my body adjusts and my dosage has to be upped and so on, until I'm on HUGE dosages of (most of) my meds. Looks like the Vyvanse might be the same way, not that I'm all that surprised.

ANYWAY. Then last night I started a short story that I've had kicking around the back of my head since I was like 14. It's called "A Dog Named God" and it's kind of my own personal thoughts on the concept of God, but put in a supernatural/fantasy setting because I can't just write an ESSAY now, can I?

Then I also want to work some more on Chemistry (and Chemistry side-fics, I have one about Violet Parr and Katie Mitchell that's really cute) and get working on Marked again, but first I have to like... READ Marked again because it's been so long that I completely forget where I was going with it aside from the gratuitous smut. :D;;

On top of that I want to finish up some of my old Valdemar stuff (Brothers At Arms, Marionette, Aftershocks, Fallout, Evolution, Of The Deepest Dye, Whipstitch, Outlander, A Dangerous Pastime) and I have a few new ones that I want to get started on AT SOME POINT as well (Heart, Sterling, A MILLION-ONE SHOTS) and the entire Cole and Hadley series that I still want to write, even though I never heard back from Mercedes Lackey about Inside Out (I still have to write the rest of Breaking Point, then Against The Grain, Firebug, Burning Bridges and Birds Of A Feather.)

I also want to write another Black Companion fic, one unrelated to Of The Deepest Dye, but I don't know what for or what the plot would be. Maybe the Star-Eyed coming through with her threat to create black versions of Companions, after all? Black hides and starfield-eyes, instead of white hides with blue eyes? ...oh. Maybe I'll dust off Yasmine and Syril and Jasha and Malicha, that story had potential. Hmm.

Oh, and a couple of Teen Wolf Sterek one-shots (Stupid Love and Carousel Coffee And More) that I need to finish eventually, too. Stupid Love I originally started over a year ago as a gift for Poe, but my brain was such a bag of cats that I just... I was struggling SO HARD to write ANYTHING, and Poe started to get frustrated with me, but I didn't even know how to explain it. The static in my brain, or the bouncy balls. And now they understand THAT part, but not only are we not in contact anymore, but even if we WERE I couldn't send Stupid Love to them because of the TW trauma.

When I posted What Foxes Like for them back in January of this year, I probably did them damage, if they even read it. They probably didn't. But What Foxes Like went over pretty well on AO3 regardless, so I'm looking forward to seeing if Stupid Love and/or Carousel Coffee And More do well, too, or if What Foxes Like was just a one-off fluke.

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Okay, so, we'll start off with the obvious. I finished posting Horror High 10 Days ago, and as of today it has 1,704 Hits, 23 Bookmarks, 100 Kudos and 48 Comments, and the numbers are still climbing just a little day by day, mostly because I posted Cheap Motel 3 Days ago and that funnelled more traffic back through to HH. Anyway, so far Cheap Motel has 254 Hits, 1 Bookmark, 26 Kudos and 2 Comments. Which is... fine. Again, not expecting much from this entire AU at this point but I'll take what I can get. :|

Ummm... I'm 84 pages into Storm Season now and it's coming along nicely, but idk if it'll be done in time for the beginning of November. I was hoping to have it finished so I could post chapters during November while I was working on the NaNo, but I might have to postpone it until the beginning of December instead. I have four more HH one-shots leading up to SS to post the next four weeks (Counting Scars, Cerulean Blue, Everything I Do and Falling Stars, each of which is around 30 pages long) but then there might have to be a hiatus before Storm Season. We'll see, though, if I can get SS written and edited by the end of October then we're golden.

(The NaNo is really messing me up this year. The NaNo always messes me up tbh. XD)

Anyway, as for post-Storm Season one-shots, there are SEVEN of the freaking things: When Lightning Strikes, Ghost In The Machine, Teeth, Pinfeathers, Temper Tantrums, Halcyon Days and Stalagmites. I've already started all of them except Temper Tantrums, and written varying degrees of them, from like two paragraphs to half the fic. I've especially been working in When Lightning Strikes, Pinfeathers and Stalagmites. But like I SHOULDN'T be working on them AT ALL because I haven't even finished STORM SEASON yet so I'm going to just have to go back and edit them for details later ANYWAY. *facepalm* Just putting the cart before the horse, I guess.

I shut down all my 15+ Word tabs a couple days ago except for my Journal, TKA and Storm Season in an attempt to get myself to FOCUS properly, aaaaaand now I have Pinfeathers, Stalagmites and Carousel Coffee And More open again, idek what happened there. :| I'm just kind of like WELP. OKAY THEN. I've tried closing down most of my tabs before and they all always just seem to pop back up again, I'm not so sure it's a viable option for me, except for a few blessed days before I start opening tabs again.

I'm still tinkering with my ABO Destiel fic, Tying Knots, and I'm thinking about writing a sequel to it, Quick Hitch, where it turns out that Cas's assessment that he couldn't sire pups in his currently body was INCORRECT and Dean finds out the hard way and they're like JFC just. Nephilim baby INCOMING.

Also there's Where Monsters Come From, my SPN/Valdemar crossover, which I keep starting and then scrapping and starting again, and scrapping again... idk I just can't figure out how to get the whole ball of wax rolling for that one. =/

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So, Carousel Coffee And More is my next Teen Wolf Sterek fic and it's kind of... bittersweet, because it was going to be dedicated to a friend of mine who is... no longer a friend. But even more than that, they don't like TW anymore anyway, so I guess I wouldn't have been able to dedicate it to them even if we WERE still friends. It's hard because I dedicated What Foxes Like to them back in January and it probably caused them trauma because of certain events a while back. I didn't mean to, obviously, but.... well. There's nothing I can do about it now. Anyway, I'm just writing Carousel Coffee And More and all my other Sterek stuff for myself from now on because I enjoy it and if I enjoy it I'm going to write it. That's the long and short of it.

I've put a hold on Witcher SPN AU for now (until I finish Storm Season et al) but when I get back to it the first two I'm going to write (finish) are Rewarding Heroism and Wayward Sons. I also know how I'm going to eventually FINISH the series, with a fic titled The Road So Far, which basically has the Wolves/etc. packing up and leaving the bunker in Sam and Dean's capable hands, moving on to a new base of operations in the badlands of South Dakota.

I've also got Alien: Kaer Morhen to work on, which might be my next big project once the entire Horror High/Storm Season/etc, series is finished.

And I desperately want to work on something Valdemar related (other than Where Monsters Come From, which is VEXING ME), but I just don't have the time. Just a one-shot would do me. Not Horses, maybe, or Wander,or Knowing, or Senses. I, uh, like one-word titles apparently. :D

Anyway, Not Horses is about Charley, a boy who is Chosen by the stallion Arsalides, and who has a CRIPPLING PHOBIA OF HORSES. Wander is about Bastian, a Companion stallion who's always had wandering hooves, and one day wanders his way right into his Chosen (Aislen.) Knowing is about Jedda, an odd boy with powerful foresight who basically Sees his own Choosing and decides to head it off at the pass, and heads up to Companion's Field asking to speak to the Companion Shaffia. And Senses is about a blind girl (Astrid) being Chosen by a deaf Companion (Volker) and both of them completing each other in more than the usual sense.

And then, of course, there's the entiiiiiiiiire Cole/Hadley series (Inside out, Breaking Point, Against The Grain, Firebug, Burning Bridges, Birds Of A Feather) that I should be working on, but I'm kind of like... I dunno. I wrote Inside Out and it was GOOD and I sent it away to Mercedes Lackey for consideration YEARS ago and never heard back positive OR negative and that whole experience has really... kind of soured me on this series, even though I have it all figured out. Like at least write back and tell me it's not suitable so I can post it somewhere and maybe get some comments and kudos. I dunno.

tldr; I HAVE LOTS OF VALDEMAR IDEAS, I JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WRITE THEM.

So yeah that's basically it, I think, for now. For fanworks anyway. I have tons of original stuff that I'm working on here-and-there. Sins Of Angels, Threes, Scarlet Letters, etc., but I'm not going to talk about them here. Sorry!

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Horror High is up to 34 pages and counting, and is going to end up being AT LEAST five chapters long, I think, in the end, which was NOT my intention with this fic, it was SUPPOSED to be a one-shot. Not that I'm complaining, it's nice to be productive again after so long. I'm actually thinking once I finish some of my fics I can finally buckle down and write one of my original novels. That would be awesome.

Horror High was originally intended to be more action-y than it's turning out to be, it's actually more of a School Days, Falling In Love, Slice-Of-Life fic with a little bit of monster hunting on the side, which... yeah was not what I meant it to be going into the project, but I'm really liking how it's coming out and I'm kind of fond of the way it is now. There's so much Destiel fluff I can't EVEN. I'm still trying to decide if it's going to be NSFW or not? There are places that are SCREAMING for smut but I can't decide if I want to actually write it in or like... fade to black and leave it to the reader's imagination. idk I'll figure it out.

Anyway, Horror High has spawned a one-shot side-fic (Cheap Motel), which is actually going to BE a one-shot, where Cas and Dean meet up for the first time since Dean left Jacksonville, and is basically just fluff and smut mixed together befoooooore... The Road So Far, which is the sequel to Horror High! Cheap Motel takes place seven months after the end of Horror High, and The Road So Far takes place like nine years after THAT, after Cas has gone MIA/radio silent for the last five years and Dean (now 28) has basically shut himself off from the world and people because of it. Then Cas makes his reappearance, this time as an angel, and Dean is like "dude, what the ACTUAL fuck." And then shenanigans. (I'm still working out the actual PLOT to The Road So Far lol.)

And then of course I have my Omegaverse Destiel fic, Tying Knots, which I am literally writing strictly for the porn. SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED PORN OKAY.

AND Where Monsters Come From, the SPN/Valdemar fic that I'm still in the planning stages of. Basically Castiel Novak is a Herald (Chosen by Jimhane or "Jimmy"), Dean Winchester is a palace guard (who owns a sleek black mare affectionately called "Baby"), Sam Winchester is a Herald (Chosen by Ruby), Jody is a palace guard who lost her husband and son and started collecting stray girls (including a young Companion mare named Claire), John Winchester is an outpost guard, Bobby Singer is a senior palace guard, Kevin Tran is a Heraldic-Trainee (Chosen by Tablette or "Tabby"), Alex Jones is a Healer and Jesse Turner's imagination is OUT OF CONTROL but eventually Claire comes to the rescue on that end.

Cas and Dean meet for the first time paired up on the Jesse Mission and HELLO LIFEBOND. Dean is initially UNIMPRESSED but over time grows fond of Cas and their relationship shifts into something beyond just a mission-oriented partnership. Cas, from the start, is more open to the Lifebond, but doesn't want to push Dean beyond what he's comfortable with. They both confide in Sam because of course they do. Cas naturally also confides in Jimmy, and Dean in Jody or Bobby but NEVER his Dad.

It's gonna be fun when I eventually start writing it! :D (But also very niche, like Being Roach was, so it probably won't get much traction in either fandom.)

( Revised Horror High Ending Blurb )

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en·tro·py

/ˈentrəpē/
lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.

I'm tinkering again. I'm always tinkering. This time it's with another new Valdemar idea, titled "Entropy", which is about five girls, all Chosen by female Companions and their hijinks. Also I can't spell that word for love nor money, spell check always yells at me for it, every single time. :| Anyway I basically just have some names right now and not even a real story line, but it's perking in the back of my head. ~~Mostly I'm still working on my Destiel stuff lol.~~

Heraldic-Trainee Sabine Hawthorne & Companion Eliora:

Heraldic-Trainee Alessandra ("Alessa") Harland & Companion Charlotte:

Heraldic-Trainee Mallory Gilroy & Companion Spice:

Heraldic-Trainee Reena ("Ree") Stafford & Companion Eefja ("Effie"):

Heraldic-Trainee Rita Stafford & Companion Toria:

Fun fact: Eliora is named after the Customer Service Representative that helped me on AliExpress last night. She told me her name and I was like "okay I am definitely stealing that one!" :D

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I've never written any ACTUAL SPN fic, just SPN AUs of other fandoms, and I feel like I should rectify that. Also, yanno, Destiel. So. :D

Basically I want to write a High School AU with a monster (I'm thinking a Jorogumo), where Castiel is a new student at X-Named High and has NO IDEA what he's walking into. Students are disappearing left and right, some turning up dead, some just not turning up at all. And he meets Dean, who's been planted there by his Dad to figure out what the fuck is going on there. And hijinks ensue, people fall in love, and fighting monsters happens before Dean has to pick up and take off again so this probably won't have a super happy ending. :|

That one would be called "Horror High", I think.

ALTERNATIVELY, I could write SPN Valdemar AU where Castiel is a Herald (Chosen by Jimhane or "Jimmy") and Dean is a Guard. (Dean owns a sleek black mare that is his pride and joy, he calls her "Baby", of course.) Also Sam is a Herald (Chosen by Ruby.) And Bobby is a Guard. Just. Heralds and Guards. And of course, monsters! I'm still thinking on this one, as you can tell lol.

...I might write both. >>;

EDIT: Okay, so the Valdemar one is called "Where Monsters Come From" and is about a sudden influx of "monsters" or "creatures" terrorizing the settlements near the Pelagir in the far north of Valdemar. Two Heralds (Cas and Sam) and two Guards (Dean and Bobby) are dispatched to investigate and the fic follows their adventures in figuring out that there is a child (Jesse) up there who is so Gifted that their imagination is LITERALLY coming to life. Eventually a Companion arrives to Chose said child, but at first they're like "WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THIS SMALL PERSON" and also Destiel lifebond stuff. :3

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I was watching a movie last night and it had the PERFECT song in it for the last chapter of Marionette. It's called "Dark Night" and it's written by Black Drum Doctor Concussion. The PROBLEM is that (obviously) I couldn't grab all the lyrics just by hearing it in the film, and APPARENTLY IT DOESN'T EXIST, ACCORDING TO
THE INTERNET. I can't find the lyrics for it ANYWHERE. It's not even on YouTube! *HEADDESK*

It sounded so perfect, too. :<

EDIT: I'm gonna keep searching. It's GOT to be out there SOMEWHERE, right?

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Basically ever since I conceived of it, the Marionette storyline has been fully formed and for the most part set, with the exception of one or two little details, like how close Auralee's relationship with Dali and Ristav is throughout the story and the plot point on Merric Choosing or not Choosing that I kept wavering over (but have recently decided on finally.) But those little things aside, nothing huge has changed since Marionette's conception way back in like 2003. Everything was figured out.

And then.

Last night I was struck by a new subplot that I fucking LOVE; basically, Marionette takes place over the course of a couple of years, right? And RIGHT at the beginning, Auralee's Chosen, Oran, is killed. So a year into the storyline I'm going to bring him back. AS A COMPANION FOAL, TORAN. (A horse's gestation period is about a year and I assume a Companion's is around the same, so assuming he was conceived on or close to the day that Oran died, he would be born approximately a year later.) And Auralee and Toran are immediately drawn to each other, she spends a lot of time sitting in Companion's Field with him sprawled in her lap just petting his mane (until he gets too big for that, anyway.) It's a HUGE relief for both of them, though Toran doesn't necessarily understand why at first because his past-life memories are newborn-foggy, and relaxes Auralee like WHOA to be around him, which, considering the way things are going for her, she kind of needs.

Toran is not meant to be hers again, though. He is meant for another, years down the line. They just take comfort in each other while they can. <3

EDIT: Also, the next chapter of Marionette (Chapter Three) isn't going to be set to Lifeline by We Three after all, it's going to be set to Incomplete by the Backstreet Boys. I'll use Lifeline later on. (It works better later on anyway.)

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I have like five entries in this blog that still need completing with Character Info and I just keep adding more. My new ADHD meds are helping me focus and clearing out the static in my brain but it's a learning curve figuring out how to get myself to focus on certain things at certain times, you know? But it's only been five days so far so I'll figure it out. I'm determined.

That aside, I couldn't sleep last night and was thinking about Marionette, because I really, REALLY love that fic, and the story line, and the entire concept, and I hate that it's been sitting around gathering dust since freaking 2003 when the entire plot is STILL, to this day, stored up in my brainspace. Like I haven't forgotten ANY of it, start to finish. It just needs to be WRITTEN. So with my newfound ability to focus, I am going to attempt to work on Marionette again.

Since each chapter of Marionette is it's own separate songfic, last night I decided that the next chapter (chapter three) is going to be set to Lifeline by We Three. I also decided that I want to use Rainbow by Sia for the chapter where Merric Chooses, but I'm not entiiiiirely sure which chapter that's going to be in yet (probably chapter five or six) so that's on the back burner for now. My musical tastes and exposure are radically different now than they were when I first started writing Marionette way back in 2003, so the soundtrack to this fic is going to be very different than it would have been if I had actually finished it back then, haha.

The first thing I have to do is get what IS done of Marionette transferred over to AO3 ~~because FUCK FF.Net~~, and maybe do some editing in the process. I'm currently working on editing what I have done of A Dangerous Pastime for uploading to AO3, and I just finished editing the prologue to Evolution so it can be uploaded over there any time, but I guess Marionette is next? Though I'm thinking about doing Brothers At Arms first just because Morgan, Toby and Dori cameo in the beginning of Marionette, so it would give the AO3 peeps some reference.

BAA probably needs a lot of editing, too, though. Boo.

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A Modern Valdemar fic where there is a secret cult that reviles Companions and is dedicated to the downfall of them through the downfall of their Heralds.

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So I may or may not have been thinking about the TRAIN WRECK that was my fic about Silver and Shandy (etc.), and come up with a few ideas. It's now got a title, "Sterling", referring to both Silver's name and the new name I gave to her Companion, Argent, because "Shandy" was too close to the "Shandi" that popped up in Owlsight after I started writing Silver way-back-when. (Also I like one-word titles, I really lean heavily toward them lmao.) There is also a still-forming plot and look! Characters! :D

Heraldic-Trainee/Herald Silver Shaw & Companion Argent (m): Sil

Heraldic-Trainee/Herald Ira Freeman & Companion Saturn (s): Ira

Heraldic-Trainee/Herald Beck Mason & Companion Io (s): Beck

Heraldic-Trainee/Herald Pence Booker & Companion Bette (m): Pence

Heraldic-Trainee/Herald Desi Winters & Companion Marjorie (m): (Desi is a previous incarnation of the Companion mare Dessi from Evolution, and so shares most of her personality traits.)

Healer-Trainee/Healer Lucy Mott: Lucy

Bardic-Trainee/Bard Wilt Lourde: Wilt

Rainshadow k'Valdemar & Kaal (redtail hawk, m): Rainshadow

Summerflame k'Valdemar & Mliss (snowy owl, f): Summerflame

Charis Kenaskar k'Valdemar: Charis

Jaime Talisar k'Valdemar: Jaime

My new thing is just listing character names and writing profiles for them later. Also yes all my characters have to have surnames wut. :|

Silver is no longer going to be DRAMATICALLY RESCUED (tm) by her Companion, instead I have something much cuter in mind, and in general she is a much more grounded character, though I think I'm keeping the Heart Healing for plot related reasons. She also has the Bardic Gift and enough Mindspeech to talk to Argent, but not much more than that. I'm REALLY trying to pull her away from Mary-Sue territory, here. :|

Summerflame, Mliss and Charis are all old RP characters of mine from like 15 years ago. I can't remember which RP they were from at this point (I was playing in SO MANY back during the Avidgamers hayday haha), but they've all stuck in my head all this time and I've kind of always wanted to do something with them, and they fit into Sterling pretty well, I think, so! I get to play with a gryphon (Charis) finally! :D

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FOREVER ago, over at FF.Net, I posted a Valdemar one-shot called Family, which I billed as the first (Valdemar) fanfiction I'd ever written. But... I AM A LYING LIAR WHO LIES. It was actually the SECOND Valdemar fic I'd ever written, though admittedly the first I'd ever FINISHED. :D;;

The FIRST Valdemar fic I ever wrote was... wow. Wow for so many reasons. I was like 14 years old and it was BAD. And I was writing it having NO IDEA where I was going with it, just typing willy-nilly. And the main character was a Mary-Sue. She was SUCH A HUGE MARY-SUE it hurts my brain just to think back on it. >>;; But in general the characters weren't TERRIBLE, they just suffered horribly from being written by a 14-year-old. And like I said, I never did finish it, and now it's trapped (probably forever) on old floppy discs, so there's that.

Anyway, it followed a girl named Silver, who came from the broken family, a poor home, and to make a little extra money played the fiddle at the local tavern once in a while. So she's doing this one night, and after she finishes up, a gang of... boys? Men? Follow her out and attack her on her way home. Silver, you see, is exceedingly beautiful, as all Mary-Sues are. Anyway, they attack her in a dark alley with the intent of Having Their Way with her, and she fights back because aside from being exceedingly beautiful she is also FEISTY. But there are more of them than there are of her, and things are looking bad until a Companion comes charging up and chases them all off. This is Shandy (named before Shandi was introduced in the Owl books), who, dramatic rescue completed, proceeds to Choose Silver as her own.

And then like... I skipped ahead a bunch because I was writing completely arbitrary scenes the way I usually do and planned to go back and connect them all later.

Silver is taken before the Court in Haven to determine what her Gift is because that was apparently how it was done when I was 14, and it is revealed that she is a HEART-HEALER, something that has never been seen before and basically means that when someone suffers extreme emotional damage she has the ability to stitch them back together, so to speak. Because why not.

And then Silver and Shandy were in the Pelagiris for some reason, along with a young Hawkbrother whose name I can't remember, and she rescues a young Bondbird, a freaking BLACK FIREBIRD *facepalm* which naturally Bonds with her. The Hawkbrother was upset because, as I recall, he didn't HAVE a Bondbird yet, despite being long of the age to have Bonded with one, and jealousy was rearing it's ugly head. He left for a bit to cool off and apologized when he came back. I think.

BUT SILVER WASN'T DONE. She also somehow met and Bonded with a ratha during her time in the Pelagir and honestly that's about all I remember and I just-- *THROWS HANDS IN THE AIR* 14-YEAR-OLD ME WAS RIDICULOUS OH MY GOD. :|

OKAY BUT despite the utter DUMPSTER FIRE of a STORYLINE, there ARE BITS that I like, and I do like Silver and Shandy quite a bit, they just need a little bit of... tweaking. I'm thinking about overhauling the entire fic and writing Silver a proper one, in which she is Chosen by the Companion mare Argent (because "Shandy" is too close to "Shandi"), who is the same character just with a different name, and maybe has some adventures in the Pelagiris with a Hawkbrother but definitely DOES NOT Bond to every sentient creature she comes across. LITERALLY THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T GIVE HER WAS A LIFEBOND JFC. *facepalm*

Anyway, yeah. Just... sharing my shame. SO, SO MUCH SHAME.

EDIT: I actually might keep the Heart Healer thing, just adjust it a bit? Having ideas here.

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Monarch's Own Herald Iris Glenview & Grove Born Stallion Gwydion: Iris

Heraldic-Trainee Rio Afton & Companion Vanya: Rio

Heraldic Trainee Lynna Fulbright & Companion Dessi: Lynna

Heraldic-Trainee Chailyn Visola & Companion Estelan: Chai (pronounced as "Shay")

Heraldic-Trainee Emmory Harrington & Companion Hvina: Emmy

Heraldic-Trainee Tobin Harrington & Companion Fiona: Tobin

Companion Sandira: Sandira

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A vague thought about a Companion (Delphi, stallion) with a bit of a complex because he's the son of Rolan and Gwena, so both his parents are Grove Born, and he makes sure everyone knows it. Then something happens to humble him and I don't know what that is yet but I'm sure it will come to me some time in the next few hours, days, weeks, you know how it goes. Anyway.

Herald Taissa Kinmel & Companion Delphi + Herald Leland Reddick & Companion Sharn <3

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Today I have been thinking about my fic Evolution, which I haven't even gotten transferred over to AO3 yet. That link is to the FF.Net version. :| But to be fair all I had posted of it was the Prologue anyway, so I guess it's not so bad and I do still have a few FF.Net fics to upload to AO3, it's an ongoing process.

ANYWAY like I said, today I've been thinking about Evolution, my Valdemar/X-Men: Evolution crossover, and it's future potential and I think I finally have an actual story line for it beyond "X-Men characters in Valdemar? GASP!" It involves introducing another New Gifted child (Tobin Harrington) and her new Companion (Fiona) and Tobin having basically a necromancy-type gift where she can bring the dead back to life. But she's YOUNG (maybe 10 years old) and doesn't understand that some things SHOULDN'T be brought back JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN, so difficulties ensue. She possibly goes a little mad from her Gift and starts killing things herself JUST to bring them back. Not good juju. So Lynna, who has taken Tobin under her wing since the girl first arrived at the Collegium, is frantically trying to figure out how to help her, how to REACH HER, while the others are secretly trying to figure out how to just like... BLOCK Tobin's Gift from her entirely.

Oh and also a Companion up and Chooses Logan because of course she does. Gods, Sandira, read the room why don't you. *eyeroll*

I dunno, it's just a thought. It needs more work but I think it has potential!

EDIT: Just as a consideration... maybe Valdemar and the Heralds CAN'T, in the end, help Tobin, but Charles CAN, so she's sent to the Evo universe to train at Professor Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters instead. (Fiona goes with her of course.)

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Amity And Dissonance: Zayne Morning is in love with Molly Snider, and has been since they were kids, since the very moment that they met. Campino, when he came along, told Zayne it was a lifebond, which meant that Molly had to feel it too, even though she never showed it. When Campino and Elysian arrived, together, to Choose them, together, it was instantaneous joy and also crushing despair. He would be going to the Collegium with Molly, too. Zayne hides his feelings, denies his lifebond, because Molly? Is his little sister. (Admittedly his STEP-sister, but that still doesn't make it right. Campino thinks he's being ridiculous.)

Sun Showers: Nisa and Sora Ashmore are twins, born mere minutes apart, inseparable since birth, even lifebonded to one another-- platonically, of course, but it means that romantic relationships with other people are pretty much out of the question. Nisa and Sora have no room in their lives for anyone but each other-- until Triss and Kiver show up one day to Choose them! This sets them on an entirely new course in life, including new friends, new relationships, and more than a little sisterly jealousy (something they're not used to from back home!)

...just a couple of ideas that popped into my head last night just before bed. Pretty sure Amity And Dissonance is going to be a One-Shot, but Sun Showers might end up being a longer fic :D

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So waaaaaay back on November 19th 2012, I posted the prologue to a Valdemar fic, Of The Deepest Dye, over at FF.Net (the link is to the AO3 posting.) OTDD is about the Birth of a black Companion, and when I posted the prologue I literally had no idea where I was going with the actual STORY ITSELF, just that the prologue was cool and I liked it. (Dad said it was like Nero materialized out of the dark and the rain like Batman lol.) So basically I posted the prologue and then never got anything else written for it because I literally had no more ideas. :D;;

BUT. Recently the Idea Fairy has come to visit me, and now I have an actual PLOT for OTDD, and like... CHARACTERS! SO!

Grove Born Stallion Nero: The infamous Black Companion himself

Monarch's Own Herald Moira Sinclare (ThoughtSensing, Empathy) & Grove Born Stallion Gwydion: Moira (red hair, green eyes) As usual, I'm using my tried-and-true OC Grove Born, Gwydion

Herald-Mage Clint Kitner (Mindspeech, Mage Gift, a TOUCH of Firestarting) & Companion Jenial/Grove Born Stallion Nero: Clint (blond hair, blue eyes)

Herald-Mage Shrike Lannister (Empathy, Thoughtsensing, Foresight, Mage Gift) & Companion Eskalynne: Shrike (black hair, hazel eyes)

Herald Kayte Morwood (Mindspeech, FarSight, Fetching) & Companion Bliss: Kayte (red-brown hair, brown eyes)

Herald Henrick "Henry" Ackerman (Mindspeech, Animal Mindspeech) & Companion Ceejay: Henry (brown hair, brown eyes)

Healer-Herald Clear Kitner (Mindspeech, Healer's Gift) & Companion Jenial: Clear (blonde hair, blue eyes)

Heraldic-Trainee Sprite Harlow (Foresight like WHOA) & Companion Rory: Sprite (blonde hair, green eyes) did NOT ask to be sucked into this mess. :|

I will admit that ever since the beginning Jenial has been an intended character and love interest for Nero, but otherwise none of the rest of it was planned out until just recently. I think it's coming along nicely and is going to be really good (yes, Dad, FINALLY!), assuming I can focus down enough to actually WRITE it. Not being able to focus is a BITCH tbh, and if that would right itself I would really appreciate it, k? K.

Also I need a paid account for Vanimadin just for the icon space. >>;

EDIT: GOT ADHD MEDS AND PAID FOR AN ACCOUNT! YEAH!!

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Over the course of my almost-thirty-year-long love affair with all things Valdemar, I have ended up with several of "my" Companions. I mean all the OC's in my fics are mine but I mean Companions that are paired/Bonded with me in one manner or another, in one setting or another. (Yes, I realize Companions and Choosings aren't real shut up.)

Sterling: My Companion Muse, the first Muse to materialize in my head DECADES ago, and my only Muse for the longest time before the rest of them started cropping up to clutter up my brain. Originally Sterling was in charge of all my writing and creative projects (art/manga/etc.) but over time got whittled down to just the Valdemar stuff. He is good at multitasking (he has to be, God knows), sarcastic and spends a lot of time muttering to himself. He also occasionally takes it upon himself to wrangle my other muses (Raiden, Suika, Tomoko, Swift, Jack, Keir, Kyna, etc.) and keep them in line. In general he is a hard worker and I appreciate his presence all up in my brain space. <3

Aristides: Ari is the Companion to my "official" Valdemar fan-character, Herald Samara Wynne (Mindspeech, Animal Mindspeech.) "Official" because I never actually got around to sending in my application to Queen's Own. :| Anyway, Ari is a calm, warm, friendly, cheerful Companion who isn't afraid to speak up against the small wrongs in the world. He's a good pair with Samara, who is also friendly and cheerful, but can sometimes have enough energy it sends her bouncing off the walls. He's the grounding influence that she (I) so badly needs. Ari and Samara were featured in In Dreams, a fic that I haven't got finished but would like to eventually tidy up.

Keyes: MY (Tiffany/Sena's) Companion, and a total spoilsport. Keyes is very calm and serious, but he has to be to deal with my wild mood swings and other shenanigans. Originally Keyes came to be YEARS ago when I was making MLP Companions for myself and a few of my friends (Damali for -cat, Vash for Sethi and Malca for Cat), and Keyes ended up being mine. His personality came around over time and he kind of became the yin to my yang which I figure is suiting considering he's a Companion and everything. Keyes has an old injury to his right hind leg where he broke a bone when he was a colt, and it occasionally gives him trouble. It aches when storm fronts are coming in, that sort of thing.

I'm not entirely sure why all "my" Companions are stallions? It just kind of turned out that way, and it works for me. I love them all to bits as characters and/or parts of my psyche and wouldn't change them for the world. <3

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Back in the day when I was churning out a one-shot fic every week and working on a bunch of chaptered monstrosities at the same time, I got it into my head that I was going to create a kind of core group of characters (four originally, another was added later on) and their Companions and write a whole series of one-shots following them from Choosing through their lives as Heralds. It started out with the Companion named Magic, and then her Chosen (Singe), and then Kylla and Piper followed, and so on. And it stayed at the four pairs for a long time until Rena and Sage were added because I wanted to do something with them (they were RP characters that I really liked) and they just kind of fit in well with my current core characters. (CORE FIVE!!)

So I got started on writing the Choosing fics with Kylla and Piper in Fire And Ashes, and then... yeah. idk, life got crazy on me and I was really sick a lot of the time (still am tbh) and honestly I just got into other fandoms for a while, and the whole thing just kind of got... dropped, and tabled for the LONGEST TIME. BUT. The last few days I've been thinking about these characters and I really do want to revisit them. Despite getting away from them for a while there I never actually FORGOT about them, they've always been in the back of my mind, so...

Singe Rushworth & Companion Magic: Singe (black hair, dark eyes) is from just outside of Haven, where his father ran a thriving blacksmithing shop. Of course, when he was old enough, Singe started working the forges as well, and they always seemed to burn stronger and better when he was around, producing higher quality pieces. Singe thrived in this environment... until one day another mind Poked his and a chagrined Voice asked if he could possibly help? Magic had come to Choose him and bumbled her way into a minor landslide and gotten STUCK. So Singe had to mount a rescue party to dig out his future-Companion, who then proceeded to Choose him and cart him off to the Collegium. Once a Trainee, Singe grew close to a few friends, but particularly Kylla. Singe's Gifts are Mindspeech and Firestarting. Magic, as a Companion, is... CLUMSY. She will trip over thin air. But despite that she is enthusiastic, bubbly and lovable, and never lets the world get her down.

Kylla Tucker & Companion Piper: Kylla (blonde hair, brown eyes) was born and raised on a farm near the border of Hardorn, along with her younger sister, Karrie. She had a rather idyllic life, though she worked hard on the farm and at her studies at the local temple. She was a good daughter and sister, always looking out for Karrie, and loved all the animals on the farm, particularly the dogs, Dover and Lila. One night a fire ripped through the farmhouse, though, leaving Kylla an orphan and killing her sister as well. Kylla herself came away with burns to one hand that left permanent scars, but otherwise unscathed thanks to Piper, who swooped in at the last second to rescue her. Within her group of friends at the Collegium, Kylla is kind of the Big Sister figure, always looking out for everyone and keeping an eye on them. She's particularly close to Singe, and after their time as Trainees, the two of them are partnered together as Circuit Heralds. Kylla's Gifts are Mindspeech and ForeSight (though it did her no good the night of the fire at the farm.) Her Companion, Piper, is strong-willed and stubborn (so is Kylla) but loves Kylla with all her heart and would do anything to keep her safe and happy, including running head-on into a raging inferno.

Vadi Shiloa & Companion Ripa: No one has ever actually SEEN Shiloa, with the exception of Ripa, fleeting glances in his mind. This is because Shiloa lives far, FAR away, in a kingdom so far to the south of Valdemar that no one has ever even heard of it before, and the journey to get there is basically impassable. Shiloa shares her image with Ripa by looking in mirrors or other reflective surfaces and then projecting that image to him. She has black hair, dark brown eyes and dark skin. Ripa has done the same for her. TECHNICALLY Ripa has never Chosen Shiloa, as that requires looking into her eyes directly, but despite this their Bond is strong and he loves her with all his being. Shiloa's Gift is INCREDIBLY strong Mindspeech, particularly ThoughtProjecting, which is why Ripa and the others are able to keep in touch with her despite her being so far away. Ripa introduced Shiloa to Singe, Kylla, Metty and Rena mentally because Shiloa is somewhat of an outcast where she's from and he wanted her to have friends. Now she talks regularly with the rest of the Core Five AS WELL AS THEIR COMPANIONS.

Rena Ashby & Companion Sage + Metty Cox & Grove Born Stallion Gwydion: Rena (blonde hair, blue eyes) and Metty (red-brown hair, green eyes, freckles for DAAAAAAYS) get a joint entry because they grew up together, orphans living near Exile's Gate. They ran together along with a few other homeless kids, begging and stealing to get by, until one day Gwydion showed up and basically picked Metty up by the scruff of the neck and physically hauled him off to the Collegium. Unfortunately, as good as this was for Metty, this left Rena not-quite-alone but FEELING alone because he had been her best friend, like a brother to her. One night she sneaked up to the Collegium and found herself at Companion's Field, where she began venting her frustrations to a rather bemused-looking Companion... who turned out to be Sage, and promptly Chose her as well, laughing about it the entire time. Metty's Gifts are FarSight and Fetching, and he can't Mindspeak much, though he does with Gwydion just because of the strength of the Grove Born's magic. After his Training he became Monarch's Own Heralld, obviously. Rena's Gifts are Mindspeech and Empathy, and after her Training she became a Herald Courier, running messages around the Kingdom. Metty and Rena are both pretty cheerful and love to laugh, and never take life for granted because of how/where they grew up. They consider themselves incredibly lucky to be where they are, and especially to have both been Chosen so they could stay together. Gwydion is his usual Grove Born self, and Sage is tall, slender and graceful, serene and easily amused. Gwydion and Sage had a brief romantic entanglement at one point (Metty and Rena were MORTIFIED) that resulted in a colt, Thibeax, being born (Metty and Rena were less mortified. They love Thibeax.)

CORE FIVE!!

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Hart (m): The (sort of) title Companion and main protagonist in Heart. Hart was born prematurely and her mother, Thames, had a long and arduous labour to birth her into the world. Then, when it was finally over, they discovered that Hart had been born with a spot on her nose-- one which only spread and grew as she did, until by the time she was full-grown she was half covered in brown:

Like the above ^ but with blue eyes and a white mane and tail. Anyway, Hart had it difficult growing up because she was so different and got picked on a bit (yes, even young Companions can be bullies at times), but through it all she came out with a good attitude and sense of humor, as well as a good core friend group who stuck by her through everything. Hart does sometimes question her existence and her worth, at least before meeting Ellory, but she tries not to let the world bring her down.

Ellory Kemp: Hart's future Chosen. The rest is [redacted] for now.

Yardley (m): Yardley is a no-nonsense sort of mare, very serious and astute, though she does let her guard down and relax around her friends, and in particular around Hart. Yardley has a lot of sympathy for Hart and her plight and often wishes she could do more to help her. Yardley has yet to Choose, and secretly, despite her outward air of confidence, the idea terrifies her because WHAT IF SHE FUCKS IT UP??

Rourke (s): Rourke is a quiet, introspective kind of stallion who's been with Hart and her friend group since the very beginning and will be there until the very end. He is very loyal, and despite being the quiet type, won't hesitate to speak up to defend his friends when necessary. Rourke actually developed a TINY crush on Hart, born out of admiration for how she handles her situation, when they were young, and it continues on to this day.

Sonya (m) & Nichol "Nik" (s): Twin Companions, born only half an hour apart, they are basically inseparable and go everywhere together. They practically finish each other's sentences. They fit in great with Hart, Yardley and Rourke, but also somewhat stand out as their own unit. It was no surprise to anyone when they reached the right age and felt their Calling at the same time, and went out On Search together, though it WAS a bit of a surprise when they came trotting back in to the Collegium with their newly-Chosen: another set of twins!

Twila & Luna Dewsbury: Twin sisters born and raised in a fishing village on the shores of Lake Evendim, they were mere minutes apart in birth and inseparable ever since. Twila has dark hair while Luna has lighter hair, but they both have bright blue eyes; Twila's gift is powerful Animal Mindspeech (which helped in fishing and life around the lake) and Luna's gift is strong Mindspeech, both ThoughtSensing and ThoughtProjecting. When they were twelve years old they were chosen by Sonya (Twila) and Nichol (Luna), respectively, and carted off to Haven to grow into the life of Heralds.

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I'm tinkering with the beginning of a new Valdemar fic, it's still really vague in my head but basically it follows a Companion named Hart, who was born with a spot on her nose, almost like a birthmark. But over time as she grows, the spot spreads and more spots appear until by the time she's fully-grown she's mostly covered in brown.

This is because her Link to the Nodes and Heartstones is... TENUOUS, at best, so she's not being bleached by their magic like a normal Companion would be. She also struggles with Mindspeech at times, and other basic Companion Things like running faster than an ordinary horse. She does still have blue eyes, though, and I think a white mane, though a brown tail.

So the fic, Heart, is about her Choosing Journey and the struggles it entails, and Hart's own struggle to find her place in the world, all things considered. And then finding her Chosen and it all falling into place in the blink of an eye. idk just something I'm tinkering with.

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Something that sometimes gets to me is when I write a One-Shot fic or a shortfic (like Midwinter Mirage), I inevitably end up with people leaving "this is great so far, can't wait to read more!" comments. I know it's just a little thing, but I make a point of marking my finished fics as finished fics so... idk. Read the description and/or author's notes? =/ (At the same time, it's kind of nice to hear that someone likes my writing enough to be waiting for more of it.)

Anyway, Fire And Ashes is the latest one to get those kind of comments, which doesn't really surprise me, all things considered. I have actually been considering continuing FAA anyway, and the comments to that effect have me really thinking on it. The thing is that Kylla and Piper's story continues to a certain extent in the currently-untitled fic I'm planning with them as well as Singe, Magic, Shiloa, Ripa, Metty and Gwydion. But before I start that one I have introductory one-shots I'm writing for each Chosen-Companion pair. (Actually, Singe and Magic were supposed to have theirs done first, but somehow Kylla and Piper's got finished before them...?)

So continuing FAA takes away from what I want to write later, and the whole thing becomes redundant and repetitive. :P

The other one that people seem to want a continuation of is Zaci VS The Pelagir. While I wouldn't mind writing more with Zaci and Fern, I really don't have anything to... yanno... write, with the exception of Zaci having a guest role in Fearless, which is about her sister, Zephonie. Besides their short little Choosing fic, I don't have any ideas for Zaci and Fern, at least not at this point in time. But then again, maybe I can slot them into another chaptered fic at some point, the same as I did with Rift, Sorret and Divya in Outlander...

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A new One-Shot Valdemar fic! Yay!

Fire And Ashes is about Kylla Tucker and her Companion, Piper. Piper was originally created for the Silver And Sapphire RPG, but it, sadly, never really got off the ground. ~~I miss Valdemar RP! ;~;~~ Anyway, I decided to use all my S&S characters anyway, so I'm working on fics for all of them. Piper's just got finished first. ♥

Title: Fire And Ashes
Fandom: Heralds of Valdemar
Author:

senashenta
Rating: T
Genre: Fantasy, Angst
Characters: Kylla Tucker, Karrie Tucker, Companion Piper
Disclaimer: Valdemar and concepts belong to Mercedes Lackey; lyrics are to "Not Alone" by Red; this fic and original characters belong to their author.
Summary: Kylla and Karrie wake to smoke, ash and flame, their family's farmhouse afire. They set out to escape the blaze, but in the end only one of them will make it out alive... and only with the help of a Companion.

( FIRE AND ASHES )

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"I'll admit that I don't believe that he would wait this long to ask about his sister. I think it would be the only issue on his mind and that he would relentlessly pursue it until he got an answer." -AvilaAddy, Aftershocks Chapter Three

This is a good observation, and while it would seem to be true, the only way to really understand why Seth isn't panic-stricken at his sister's seeming absence is to understand their relationship in the first place. Some of this will be addressed in Aftershocks, but here is a bit more of an in-depth look at Seth and Sara.

As twins, Seth and Sara already have a closer relationship than most siblings. They are more than just brother and sister, they are best friends and confidants. They rarely if ever fight, even though they spend most of their time together, and have the same mindset about most things, right down to finishing each others' sentences. They hang out with the same circles, have the same friends, the same likes and dislikes and opinions (for the most part.)

However, all of this is compounded by the fact that they are also Gifted. (This will be explored a bit in the fic, it's not really a crucial part of the storyline, so I don't feel like it's too much of a spoiler for things to come.) While they each have their own Gift (Fetching for Seth and FarSight for Sara), they both share the common Gift of Empathy. Due to this, on top of them having the typical relationship that twins tend to have, Seth and Sara can literally Feel each other inside their minds.

When Seth wakes up in Healers', he can still Feel Sara there, even though he can't physically see her, so despite Ryn and Tanay both originally avoiding the topic of his sister, he doesn't panic. In fact, on top of being able to Feel her, Seth is still able to even Speak to her via Mindspeech. As far as Seth is concerned, she might as well just be in the next room over or somewhere else within the Collegium or Haven. Because she's still a constant in his mind and the Bond between them hasn't been "broken", he doesn't worry too much, even though he hasn't actually seen Sara since the earthquake. Even after Tanay revealed the truth to him, his reaction isn't grief but disbelief because to him, Sara still Feels very much alive.

If, on the other hand, he had woken and hadn't been able to Feel Sara and talk to her, then of course he would have panicked straight away.

It also helped that Ryn (and, to a lesser extent, Tanay) very pointedly kept Seth sedated for much of the time directly after the earthquake, so even if he'd wanted to be concerned for Sara he couldn't have for any real amount of time. Only after he was permitted to remain conscious did he begin to really even question where Sara was and when he could see her.

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Chapter three of Aftershocks! In which Seth finds out what happened to his sister! (Sort of!)

Man, the chapters for this fic are pathetically short. ~_~;; I need to up my game here, I swear. The next chapter (tentatively titled "On Love and Loss") will be longer! I AM DETERMINED!!

Title: Aftershocks (Chapter Three)
Fandom: Heralds of Valdemar
Author:

senashenta
Rating: K+
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Characters: Seth Wilshire, Sara Wilshire, Companion Tanay, Companion Chaise, Healer Ryn Lovett, Heraldic-Trainee Rosie Harker, Companion Miska
Disclaimer: Valdemar and concepts belong to Mercedes Lackey; this fic and original characters belong to their author.
Summary: An earthquake rocks Haven, and from the rubble Seth Wilshire is rescued and taken to the Collegium for Healing. There, he must come to terms with the loss of his parents, the sort-of death of his twin sister, Sara, and the fact that not one, but TWO Companions seem absolutely dead-set on Choosing him.

( AFTERSHOCKS: Chapter Three )

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Aaaaand this is the last pre-written chapter!

Now I can move on to working on new chapters~ I AM EXCITE. \o/

Title: In Dreams (Chapter Seven)
Fandom: Heralds of Valdemar
Author:

senashenta
Rating: K+
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Characters: Companion Lyntar, Spirit Avalbane, Spirit Sashara, Spirit Aterya, Brianna Osias, Meena Norcroft, Leshie Rakmour, Heraldic-Trainee Gabriel Maxwell, Companion Niressa, Heraldic-Trainee Dragan Fulton, Companion Cheyne, Heraldic-Trainee Mel Truant, Companion Arlam, Heraldic-Trainee Dragan Fulton, Companion Cheyne, Companion Yauvani, Companion Rella, Spirit Zeshawn, Jemeste Coriydue, Bard Fradrick, Housekeeper Ellyn, Herald Mirim Crofter, Companion Turaan, Hallette Montenegro, Herald Jenica Nansen, Herald Lamont Kiri.
Disclaimer: Valdemar and concepts belong to Mercedes Lackey; characters belong to their creators; this fic and AU belong to their author.
Summary: They are Spirits of the Forest, crystal eyed and white as freshly fallen snow, and seen only occasionally in fleeting glances. They are said to be ethereal, angels of another time and place, bound to the Earth by a spell… or a curse. And it is the destiny of those chosen as Collegium Trainees to search for a Spirit to call their own. Only two or three of each year's Trainees manage it, and those lucky souls have been lifted to a place of honor in Valdemarian society. A place where they are among the elite guard of their Monarch and Country. A place where they can call themselves "Heralds". Now a threat to the Spirits has risen, and thanks to a "Spirit" named Lyntar, things around Valdemar are going to change...

( IN DREAMS: Chapter Seven )

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One more chapter after this one!

Posting, posting, posting, posting~~~

Title: In Dreams (Chapter Six)
Fandom: Heralds of Valdemar
Author:

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Only a couple more chapters to go before I'm caught up, and then I can start working on a new chapter! It's so nice to finally get back to work on some of these fics after so long, and In Dreams is one that I'm particularly happy to continue with. It's kind of got a special place in my heart as the most detailed of my various AUs. ♥

Title: In Dreams (Chapter Five)
Fandom: Heralds of Valdemar
Author:

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So back a few years ago, I started writing Come The Dawn with Fireblade. It's a Valdemar fic. ~~Is anyone surprised by that?~~ I honestly can't remember how it came about that we decided to co-author something together, but it worked out okay, even though CTD still isn't finished. We're working on it, okay? XD;;

Anyway, as part of working on the CTD concept and whatnot, Fireblade wrote out a bunch of prose in the form of ballads, which were/are going to be added to the fic in various spots and are "written" by characters in the story, and turned into songs by Phineas, our resident irritating Bard. I was and still am in awe of Fireblade's writing skills. I couldn't write poems/prose if my life depended on it, with the possible exception of haiku lol. ^^;

Purple Hippo:
Look out the window,
Black squirrel with a brown-grey tail,
No one else sees it.

MOVING ON. =D

I finally found the printed pages of these ballads, and rather than chance losing them (again), I'm going to post them here for safekeeping. Like I said, I didn't write these, they're by the wonderful Fireblade. Just sharing/saving them here because I can/want to. ♥

( The Legend )

( It Is Time )

( Dreams )

( Searching )

( Listen )

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When I was originally planning out In Dreams, Bri's name was going to be Electra instead. "Electra" means "chosen" and I liked the idea of that for a couple of reasons, but somehow that name didn't seem to fit with the character i was building, and the more in-depth I got the more I didn't like the name Electra for her. *shrug*

Title: In Dreams (Chapter Four)
Fandom: Heralds of Valdemar
Author:

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On the Hunt: In the AU universe that In Dreams takes place in, there is no such thing as Companions going On Search. Instead, after several years of training (the number of which vary, depending on the circumstance) in the "general" classes (history, geography, law, religions, etc.) anyone who is a Collegium Trainee then goes into the Pelagiris Forest on their Hunt. This is a two-week camping trip of sorts which tests their knowledge of geography, as well as survival techniques, and if some time in those two weeks they are approached by a Spirit and Chosen, they become Heraldic Trainees and return to the Collegium for advanced law, equestrian and weapons training, as well as Gift training. At that point, the Spirit who Chose them becomes what they call a Companion. If said Collegium Trainees are not Chosen by a Spirit, they go back to Haven and can either take a guaranteed position in the Valdemarian Guard or go back to their lives as already well-educated and trained young men or woman. Generally, there are two or three Trainees Chosen each Hunt Season.

Title: In Dreams (Chapter Three)
Fandom: Heralds of Valdemar
Author:

senashenta
Rating: K+
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Characters: Companion Lyntar, Spirit Avalbane, Spirit Sashara, Spirit Aterya, Brianna Osias, Meena Norcroft, Leshie Rakmour, Heraldic-Trainee Gabriel Maxwell, Companion Niressa, Heraldic-Trainee Dragan Fulton, Companion Cheyne, Heraldic-Trainee Mel Truant, Companion Arlam, Heraldic-Trainee Dragan Fulton, Companion Cheyne, Companion Yauvani, Companion Rella, Spirit Zeshawn.
Disclaimer: Valdemar and concepts belong to Mercedes Lackey; characters belong to their creators; this fic and AU belong to their author.
Summary: They are Spirits of the Forest, crystal eyed and white as freshly fallen snow, and seen only occasionally in fleeting glances. They are said to be ethereal, angels of another time and place, bound to the Earth by a spell… or a curse. And it is the destiny of those chosen as Collegium Trainees to search for a Spirit to call their own. Only two or three of each year's Trainees manage it, and those lucky souls have been lifted to a place of honor in Valdemarian society. A place where they are among the elite guard of their Monarch and Country. A place where they can call themselves "Heralds". Now a threat to the Spirits has risen, and thanks to a "Spirit" named Lyntar, things around Valdemar are going to change...

( In Dreams: Chapter Three )

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Writing Update #4 (Copied from my personal DW)
Writing Update #3
34 Pages And Counting
Collegia Girls' Club
Destiel Fics: Horror High & Where Monsters Come From
Soundtracking
A Reincarnation Arc (Valdemar Is Full Of Those)
Lifeline
A Thought That Might Not Ever Go Anywhere
Some "Sterling" Characters And Thoughts (Entry Under Construction)
Silver, Collector Of Bonds...
Evolution, No Question Mark (Entry Under Construction)
Thoroughbred
Evolution?
Amity And Dissonance & Sun Showers
Nero, Revisited (Entry Under Construction)
"My" Companions
The Core Four (Plus One. The Core Five.)
Heart Main Cast
Heart
To Continue Or Not To Continue...
Fire And Ashes
Review Response #1: On Seth And Sara
Aftershocks: Chapter Three (On Healing and Sisters)
In Dreams: Chapter Seven (Chain Reaction)
In Dreams: Chapter Six (Borderline Angel)
In Dreams: Chapter Five (This Is Me)
"Come The Dawn" Prose (by Fireblade)
In Dreams: Chapter Four
In Dreams: Chapter Three

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